JPH10160194A - Ceiling-mounted air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate replacement of a flocked diffuser tongue part by providing a fitting part along the diffuser in a panel, concealing a screw at the fitting part and fitting the flocked diffuser tongue removably thereto thereby making the screw for fixing the panel invisible from the outside. SOLUTION: The air-conditioner comprises a casing and a panel 3 and a fitting part 20 is defined by a vertical wall 15, a horizontal wall 16 and an L-shaped wall part 18 at a part of the panel 3 extending along a diffuser 8. The fitting part 20 is fitted with a diffuser tongue part 12 which is independent from the panel 3. The diffuser tongue part 12 is flocked on the outer surface at the arcuate bottom part thereof. Since the diffuser tongue part 12 is made of an elastic material, e.g. plastic, V-shaped protrusions 13, 14 at the upper end part thereof can engage the space part 1-7 and the L-shaped wall part 18 at the forward end part of the diffuser 8 in the panel 3 removably.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an in-ceiling type air conditioner in which a part of an outlet is planted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a ceiling-mounted type air conditioner,
For example, there is one as shown in FIG. The air conditioner 101 has a casing 102 and a panel 103. Inside the casing 102, a heat exchanger 104 and a drain pan
105 and a fan 106 are provided. On the other hand, the panel 103
Is a suction port 107 for taking in indoor air, and the heat exchanger 104
And an outlet 108 for blowing out the air cooled by the air. Then, the panel 103 is fixed to the casing 102 with screws 111.
To cover the gap between the casing 102 and the ceiling 109 and press the outer peripheral edge of the panel 103 against the ceiling 109. Further, the outlet 108 is provided with horizontal blades 110 that determine the direction in which the conditioned air is blown out.

When the air conditioner 101 is operating, the horizontal blades 110 are in an open state, and as shown in FIG. 3, the screws 111 for stopping the panel 103 are visible from the outside.
The outlet tongue 112 has flocked on its surface as shown by the dashed line in FIG. 2 (b), and the water vapor in the room air is cooled below the dew point and water droplets are discharged to the outlet 108. Even if it occurs, the water droplets are held by the flocking of the outlet tongue 112 so as not to fall from the outlet 108. In addition,
The outlet tongue 112 is formed as a part of the panel 103, and is integrated with the panel 103.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional air conditioner 101, when the horizontal blades 110 are open, the screws 111 fixing the panel 103 to the casing 102 can be seen from the outside, and the air conditioner 101 There is a problem that the appearance of the image is impaired.

[0005] In the conventional air conditioner 101, the outlet 1
If the flocking of the outlet tongue 112 of 08 becomes dirty, there is no other way to clean the dirty flocking except to replace the entire panel 103 because the outlet tongue 112 is integrated with the panel 103 There is a problem.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an embedded air conditioner in which the screws for fixing the panel are not visible from the outside, the appearance is good, and the tongue portion with the flocking port can be easily replaced. It is in.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an in-ceiling air conditioner comprising a fan, a heat exchanger, and a drain pan in a casing.
In a ceiling-embedded air conditioner in which a panel is fixed to the lower part of the casing with screws, a fitting portion is provided along an outlet of the panel, while the screw is hidden in the fitting portion,
In addition, the implanted outlet tongue is detachably fitted.

According to the above construction, the fitting portion is provided along the air outlet of the air conditioner, and the air outlet tongue is removably fitted to the panel so as to cover a screw for fixing the panel to the casing. Are combined. Therefore, the screw is covered by the outlet tongue and does not impair the appearance of the air conditioner.

Further, even if the hairs on the outlet tongue become dirty, the outlet tongue is detachable from the panel, so that the outlet tongue can be removed from the panel and replaced easily.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 1A, this air conditioner 1
Has a casing 2 and a panel 3, in which a heat exchanger 4, a drain pan 5 and a fan 6 are provided. On the other hand, the panel 3 includes a suction port 7 for taking in room air, and a blowout port 8 for blowing out the air cooled by the heat exchanger 4. The panel 3 is connected to the screw 11
To cover the gap between the casing 2 and the ceiling 9 and press the outer peripheral edge of the panel 3 against the ceiling 9. Further, the outlet 8 is provided with horizontal blades 10 for determining the direction in which the conditioned air is blown out.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1 (b), a fitting portion 20 is formed by a vertical wall 15, a horizontal wall 16 and an L-shaped wall portion 18 at a portion along the outlet 8 of the panel 3. ing. The outlet tongue 12, which is a separate component independent of the panel 3, is fitted into the fitting portion 20. As shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 1 (b), the outer surface of the arc-shaped bottom of the outlet tongue 12 is planted. Further, V-shaped protrusions 13 and 14 protruding outward in the horizontal direction are formed at the upper end of the outlet tongue 12. On the other hand, the fitting portion 20
The V-shaped protrusion 13 at the upper end of the outlet tongue 12 is fitted to the space 17. Further, the protruding portion of the L-shaped wall portion 18 of the fitting portion 20 corresponds to the V at the upper end of the outlet tongue portion 12.
It is fitted with the letter-shaped projection 14.

As described above, the space portion 17 and the L
The wall portion 18 is provided as an engaging portion, and the outlet tongue portion 12 is engaged with the engaging portion to cover and hide the screw 11. Therefore, when the air conditioner 1 is operating, the screw 11 that has been exposed in the conventional example is covered by the outlet tongue 12, and the screw 11 cannot be seen from the outside. That is, the problem that the screw 11 is seen from the outside and the appearance of the air conditioner is impaired is solved by covering the screw 11 with the outlet tongue 12.

Further, since the outlet tongue 12 is made of an elastic material such as plastic, for example, the V-shaped protrusions 13 and 14 at the upper end of the outlet tongue 12 correspond to the outlet 8 of the panel 3. Space 17 at the tip and L-shaped wall 18
And can be detachably engaged with each other. Therefore, when the flocking of the outlet tongue 12 becomes dirty, the outlet tongue 12 can be easily removed from the fitting portion 20 and replaced.

[0015]

As is apparent from the above description, the ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided with a fitting portion along the outlet of the panel, while the fitting portion is planted with hair. The outlet tongue is detachably fitted so as to hide a screw for fixing the panel to the casing. Therefore,
The screw can be hidden by the outlet tongue, so that the appearance of the air conditioner can be kept.

Further, since the fitting portion of the implanted outlet tongue is detachable, if the implanted portion of the outlet tongue becomes dirty, the outlet tongue can be easily removed and replaced. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 (a) is a cross-sectional view of an embedded ceiling air conditioner according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 (b)
It is an expanded sectional view of an outlet tongue part of (a).

FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view of a conventional ceiling-mounted air conditioner. FIG. 2B is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the outlet tongue of FIG. 2A.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the conventional ceiling-mounted air conditioner shown in FIG. 2 (a).

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... casing, 3 ... panel, 4 ... heat exchanger, 5
... drain pan, 6 ... fan, 8 ... outlet, 11 ... screw, 12 ... outlet tongue, 20 ... fitting part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A casing (2) comprising a fan (6), a heat exchanger (4), and a drain pan (5).
In the ceiling-mounted type air conditioner in which the panel (3) is fixed with screws (11) at the lower part of (2), the fitting part (20) is provided along the outlet (8) of the panel (3). A ceiling-embedded air conditioner characterized in that the screw (11) is hidden in the fitting part (20) and the planted outlet tongue (12) is detachably fitted.